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Jocky
Frequent Visitor

Check if all values in a row are the same

Hi there,

 

I am presuming this is simple, but I can't seem to find the right way to do it.

 

I have a dataset that looks like the following.

 

NameJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
BobAAAAAAAAAABB
JohnGGGGGGGGGGGG
SallyDDDDDDCCCCCC
SarahAAAAAAAAAAAA
CraigCBBBBBBBBBBB

 

What I want to determine is if the individual has the same letter against their name throughout all months.  This either be by a simple yes/no (or true/false) or by how many times the value is different.

 

NameJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecAre all values the same?How many different values?
BobAAAAAAAAAABBNo2
JohnGGGGGGGGGGGGYes1
SallyDDDDDDCCCCCCNo2
SarahAAAAAAAAAAAAYes1
CraigCBBBBBBBBBBBNo2

 

 

Any idea what i would use to achieve this?

 

Thanks

 

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Vijay_A_Verma
Super User
Super User

Use these formulas

= [Lst=List.RemoveFirstN(Record.ToList(_),1),
r=if List.IsEmpty(List.RemoveItems(Lst,{List.First(Lst)}))then "Yes" else "No"][r]

= List.Count(List.Distinct(List.RemoveLastN(List.RemoveFirstN(Record.ToList(_),1),1)))

See the working here - Open a blank query - Home - Advanced Editor - Remove everything from there and paste the below code to test

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WcspPUtJRciQSO4FxrE60kld+Rh6Q404SBmkMTszJqQTyXHBgZ6wYorMoMYMEx0IwSKdzUWJmOtQsJ6JxbCwA", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Name = _t, Jan = _t, Feb = _t, Mar = _t, Apr = _t, May = _t, Jun = _t, Jul = _t, Aug = _t, Sep = _t, Oct = _t, Nov = _t, Dec = _t]),
    #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(Source, "Are all values the same?", each [Lst=List.RemoveFirstN(Record.ToList(_),1),
r=if List.IsEmpty(List.RemoveItems(Lst,{List.First(Lst)}))then "Yes" else "No"][r]),
    #"Added Custom1" = Table.AddColumn(#"Added Custom", "How many different values?", each List.Count(List.Distinct(List.RemoveLastN(List.RemoveFirstN(Record.ToList(_),1),1))))
in
    #"Added Custom1"

 

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Vijay_A_Verma
Super User
Super User

Use these formulas

= [Lst=List.RemoveFirstN(Record.ToList(_),1),
r=if List.IsEmpty(List.RemoveItems(Lst,{List.First(Lst)}))then "Yes" else "No"][r]

= List.Count(List.Distinct(List.RemoveLastN(List.RemoveFirstN(Record.ToList(_),1),1)))

See the working here - Open a blank query - Home - Advanced Editor - Remove everything from there and paste the below code to test

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WcspPUtJRciQSO4FxrE60kld+Rh6Q404SBmkMTszJqQTyXHBgZ6wYorMoMYMEx0IwSKdzUWJmOtQsJ6JxbCwA", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Name = _t, Jan = _t, Feb = _t, Mar = _t, Apr = _t, May = _t, Jun = _t, Jul = _t, Aug = _t, Sep = _t, Oct = _t, Nov = _t, Dec = _t]),
    #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(Source, "Are all values the same?", each [Lst=List.RemoveFirstN(Record.ToList(_),1),
r=if List.IsEmpty(List.RemoveItems(Lst,{List.First(Lst)}))then "Yes" else "No"][r]),
    #"Added Custom1" = Table.AddColumn(#"Added Custom", "How many different values?", each List.Count(List.Distinct(List.RemoveLastN(List.RemoveFirstN(Record.ToList(_),1),1))))
in
    #"Added Custom1"

 

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